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Bertram Grassby
Bertram Grassby (23 December 1880 – 7 December 1953) was an English actor. He appeared in more than 90 silent era films between 1914 and 1927. Grassby was married to American actress Gerard Alexander. He was born in Lincolnshire, England and died in Scottsdale, Arizona. Selected filmography *''His Father's Rifle'' (1914) *''Liberty'' (1916) as Manuel Leon *''Langdon's Legacy'' (1916) * ''It Happened in Honolulu'' (1916) *'' The Mysterious Mrs. M'' (1917) * ''Even As You and I'' (1917) *''Rasputin, The Black Monk'' (1917) * ''The Soul of Satan'' (1917) * ''Cheating the Public'' (1918) *'' Salomé'' (1918) as Prince David *''The Hope Chest'' (1918) as Stoughton Lounsbury *''A Romance of Happy Valley'' (1919) as Judas *''The Delicious Little Devil'' (1919) as Duke de Sauterne *''Fools and Their Money'' (1919) as Cholly Van Dusen *''The Gray Horizon'' (1919) as John Furthman *''The Lone Wolf's Daughter'' (1919) as Michael Lanyard, the Lone Wolf *'' What Every Woman Wants'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north-west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders Northamptonshire in the south for just , England's shortest county boundary. The county town is Lincoln, where the county council is also based. The ceremonial county of Lincolnshire consists of the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire and the area covered by the unitary authorities of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. Part of the ceremonial county is in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and most is in the East Midlands region. The county is the second-largest of the English ceremonial counties and one that is predominantly agricultural in land use. The county is fourth-larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gray Horizon
''The Gray Horizon'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by William Worthington. Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation produced the film and he himself played the lead role. Bertram Grassby, Tsuru Aoki, Eileen Percy, Mary Jane Irving, and Andrew Robson also featured in the film. Plot As described in a film magazine, the skill of colorful Japanese artist Yamo Masata (Hayakawa), who lives in the hills of California, attracts the attention of a clever counterfeiter who seeks the artist's aid in the preparation of spurious bonds. At first deceived, the artist becomes indignant when he learns the truth of the enterprise, and shows the man the door. The artist's sister, O Haru San (Aoki), who is newly arrived in America and is searching for the American husband who deserted her, identifies the stranger as her spouse. He seeks to escape but in the encounter that follows both the counterfeiter and the sister meet death. In time, the artist is taken up by society and bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For The Defense (1922 Film)
''For the Defense'' is a 1922 American silent mystery film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the 1919 Broadway play, ''For the Defense'', by Elmer Rice. Ethel Clayton is the star of the film. Considered to be a lost film for decades, a print was discovered in the Netherlands by the EYE Film Institute Netherlands (or Nederlands Filmmuseum). at silentera.com Cast * as Anne Woodstock * as Christopher Armstrong *< ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifty Candles
''Fifty Candles'' is a 1921 American silent mystery film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Bertram Grassby, Marjorie Daw and Ruth King.Munden p.236 Cast * Bertram Grassby as Hung Chin Chung * Marjorie Daw as Mary-Will Tellfair * Ruth King as Carlotta Drew * Wade Boteler as Mark Drew * William A. Carroll as Henry Drew * George Webb as Dr. Parker * Dorothy Sibley as Mah Li * Edmund Burns Edmund Burns (September 27, 1892 – April 2, 1980 ) was an American actor. He was best known for his films of the silent 1920s, particularly ''The Princess from Hoboken'' (1927), '' Made for Love'' (1926), and ''After the Fog'' (1929), althoug ... as Ralph Coolidge References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1921 films 1921 mystery films American silent feature films American mystery films Films directed by Irvin Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Parisian Scandal
''A Parisian Scandal'' is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film, directed by George L. Cox. It stars George Periolat, Lillian Lawrence, and Marie Prevost, and was released on December 5, 1921. Plot As described in a film magazine, Liane-Demarest (Prevost), an American girl raised in France and the only daughter of doting parents, has many suitors. She becomes deeply interested in Basil Hammond (Gallery), a studious young American sent by Liane's grandmother to find out what kind of girl she is. Liane goes into his room at night, destroys his notebook, and pleads with him to be her friend. Thinking that he may have compromised her reputation, he offers to marry her. However, Liane follows the wishes of her parents and becomes engaged to Baron Stransky (Grassby). At a casino Basil and the baron meet, and later, taking shelter from a storm at a roadhouse, they meet again, and Basil administers a good beating to the baron. The baron challenges him to a duel, and Basil accepts, n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Straight From Paris
''Straight from Paris'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Garson and starring Clara Kimball Young, Bertram Grassby and Betty Francisco.Connelly p.46 Cast * Clara Kimball Young as Lucette Grenier * Bertram Grassby as Robert Van Austen * William P. Carleton as John Van Austen * Betty Francisco as Doris Charming * Thomas Jefferson as Henri Trevel * Gerard Alexander as Mrs. Stevenson * Clarissa Selwynne Clarissa Selwynne (26 February 1886 – 13 June 1948) was a British stage and film actress.Kear & King p. 143 She settled in the United States, working in Hollywood where she appeared in around 100 films. Partial filmography * '' Hearts in Exi ... as Mrs. Van Austen References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hold Your Horses (film)
''Hold Your Horses'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Tom Moore, Sylvia Ashton and Naomi Childers.Munden p.357 Cast * Tom Moore as Daniel Canavan * Sylvia Ashton as Hoonora Canavan * Naomi Childers as Beatrice Newness * Bertram Grassby as Rodman Cadbury * Mortimer E. Stinson as Jim James * Sidney Ainsworth Sidney Ainsworth (born Charles Sydney Ainsworth, often credited as Sydney Ainsworth; December 21, 1872 – May 21, 1922), was a screen and stage actor who appeared in his first movie in 1909. He was born in Manchester, England and died in Madison, ... as Horace Slayton References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1921 films 1921 comedy films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hush (1921 Film)
''Hush'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Harry Garson and starring Clara Kimball Young, J. Frank Glendon and Kathlyn Williams.Connelly p.365 Cast * Clara Kimball Young as Vera Stanford * J. Frank Glendon as Jack Stanford * Kathlyn Williams as Isabel Dane * Jack Pratt as Hugh Graham * Bertram Grassby as Herbert Brooks * Gerard Alexander Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this ca ... as Grace Brooks * Beatrice La Plante as Maid * John Underhill as Butler References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid-Channel
''Mid-Channel'' is a 1920 American silent drama film based on the 1909 play of the same name written by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero. The film was produced and directed by Harry Garson and stars Clara Kimball Young. On Broadway the play starred Ethel Barrymore.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Mid-Channel'' at silentera.com Plot As described in a , Zoe (Young) and Theodore Blundell (Glendon) have reached that period of married life when parties become monotonous to each other and find petty fault, forgetting the love of former years. Zoe yearns for children, and earlier in their married life they agreed to not have children until th ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For The Soul Of Rafael
''For the Soul of Rafael'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Harry Garson and starring Clara Kimball Young, Bertram Grassby and Eugenie Besserer.Connelly p.350 Cast * Clara Kimball Young as Marta Raquel Estevan * Bertram Grassby as Rafael Artega * Eugenie Besserer as Dona Luisa * Juan de la Cruz as El Capitan * J. Frank Glendon as Keith Bryton * Ruth King as Ana Mendez * Helene Sullivan as Angela Bryton * Paula Merritt as Polonia * Maude Emory as Teresa * Edward Kimball Edward Marshall Kimball (June 26, 1859 – January 4, 1938) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1912 and 1936. Like many older actors of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, he enjoyed a varied stage ... as Ricardo References Bibliography * Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Week-End
''The Week-End'' is a lost 1920 American silent comedy film directed by George L. Cox and starring Margarita Fischer and Milton Sills. It was produced and distributed by Pathé Exchange. Cast *Margarita Fischer as Vera Middleton *Milton Sills as Arthur Tavenor *Bertram Grassby as Spencer Jardine * Harvey Clark as Watt Middleton *Mary Wise as Mrs. Watt Middleton *Mayme Kelso Mayme Kelso (February 28, 1867 – June 5, 1946) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1911 and 1927. She was born in Columbus, Ohio, and died in South Pasadena, California from a heart attac ... as Mrs. Grace Maynard *Beverly Travers as Mrs. Clara Churchill *Harry Lonsdale as James Corbin * Lillian Leighton as Mrs. James Corbin References External links * 1920 films American silent feature films Lost American films American black-and-white films American comedy films 1920 comedy films Films directed by George L. Cox Pathé Exchange films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman And The Puppet (1920 Film)
''The Woman and the Puppet'' is a 1920 American silent film starring Geraldine Farrar and Lou Tellegen that was directed by Reginald Barker and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Plot Based upon a review in a film publication, Don Mateo (Tellegen) attempts to bribe the mother (Dione) of Concha Perez (Farrar) so that he can use her as his toy, but Concha leaves and becomes a cigarette girl who dances at a wharf cafe. When Don Mateo discovers her there dancing for some Englishmen, he no longer believes that she is the virtuous maiden who spurned his advances. Concha convinces him that his suspicions are wrong and unwarranted. The Don is a conceited person used to adulation of senoritas, and when Concha leads him on a chase and vamps him, he becomes enraptured. The lovers then have a series of quarrels, jealousies, and other mishaps until they reach a final understanding. Cast *Geraldine Farrar as Concha Perez *Lou Tellegen as Don Mateo *Dorothy Cumming as Bianca *Bertram Grassby as Phil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
